My Work

I'm a software engineer. That means I write computer programs. Well, it means a lot more than that, but it would get boring if I tried to explain it. I work for BT, and my office works very similarly to the one in Dilbert.

History

I write a lot of stuff in C++ and in Java, with Oracle databases and over BT's intranet. The projects I've worked on include:

• A network management system, written using C with some object-oriented style libraries.
• A service management system, written using C++, though other parts used Oracle Forms.
• A problem reporting tool, written as a Java applet client and a C++ server, accessing files or the data.
• The system the operators use to handle 100, 999 and 155 calls. This is written using Visual C++, with sockets communications to server processes running on Unix machines and accessing Oracle databases.
• A data management system. This uses a tool called Ab Initio to extract data from some systems, transform it, then load it to other systems.

Do I enjoy it? Mostly, yes. I like working with computers, and working in a team. I dislike corporate politics and pointless tasks. But mostly, I get paid for messing about with computers, which isn't something I had thought possible while at school.

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